Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers

Develop and execute software test plans in order to identify software problems and their causes.

tasks

Tasks

• Conduct software compatibility tests with programs, hardware, operating systems, or network environments.

• Create or maintain databases of known test defects.

• Design test plans, scenarios, scripts, or procedures.

• Design or develop automated testing tools.

• Develop or specify standards, methods, or procedures to determine product quality or release readiness.

• Develop testing programs that address areas such as database impacts, software scenarios, regression testing, negative testing, error or bug retests, or usability.

• Document software defects, using a bug tracking system, and report defects to software developers.

• Monitor bug resolution efforts and track successes.

• Document test procedures to ensure replicability and compliance with standards.

• Evaluate or recommend software for testing or bug tracking.